Ohtani won the MVP award for the first designated hitter in history! It also made a new history by 'all consensus'... Judge was also unanimously selected as 'AL MVP.'

Ohtani won the MVP award for the first designated hitter in history! It also made a new history by 'all consensus'... Judge was also unanimously selected as 'AL MVP.'

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Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who has been writing the myth of playing both pitching and hitting in the Major League Baseball (MLB), has been unanimously awarded MVP three times for the first time in the history of the Major League. It is also the first time in the history of the Major League that he won MVP as a designated hitter. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees won MVP in the American League (AL).

Ohtani won a total of 420 points by sweeping 30 first-place votes as a result of the BBWAA 2024 National League MVP voting announced on the 22nd (Korea time). Ohtani won the MVP, beating Francisco Lindor (New York Mets), who scored 263 points, winning 23 second-place votes and seven third-place votes, respectively. Ohtani was honored to sit on the sofa at his home with his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, and his dog, Decopin.

This is the third time Ohtani has won MVP award following the 2021 season when he started working as both a pitcher and a batter, and the 2023 season when he shared the legend of pitching and hitting. Ohtani won MVP awards twice, but he was honored to be selected unanimously. He was the first to win MVP awards twice. Ohtani also won MVP award this season, the first year he moved to the National League after winning two titles in the American League. He also became the second MVP winner of the two major leagues after Frank Robinson (1961 National League and 1966 American League). He is the seventh Dodgers player to win MVP award. After Cody Bellinger (currently the Chicago Cubs) in the 2019 season, the Dodgers has won MVP award for the first time in five years.
Two years ago in November 2021, Ohtani was unanimously named the American League MVP. It was the moment that Ohtani became the second Japanese player to win the MVP award in 21 years since Ichiro Suzuki (then the Seattle Mariners) in 2001. Ohtani became a professional hitter in the Major League that year. He played in 155 games with a batting average of 0.257, 46 homers, 100 RBIs and 103 runs scored. He ranks third in homers in the league. He also started 23 games with nine wins and two losses and an earned run average of 3.18.

Ohtani continued to display good performance in the 2022 season. As a pitcher, he recorded 15 wins and nine losses with a 2.33 ERA and 219 strikeouts during 166 innings. He also hit 34 home runs as a batter, posting a batting average of 0.273 and 95 RBIs and 90 runs scored. He was also the star who achieved both the stipulated innings and the stipulated number of at-bats for the first time in history. However, Aaron Judge of the same league showed better performance and gave up the MVP award. At that time, Judge displayed a batting average of 0.311, 62 home runs, 131 RBIs and 133 runs, and an on-base plus slugging percentage of 0.686 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 1.111 in 157 games. He ranked first in runs, home runs, RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS.

In the 2023 season, Ohtani rose to the top again. He played in 135 games as a batter, posting a batting average of 0.274 (151 hits in 497 times at bat), 44 homers, 95 RBIs, 102 runs scored, 91 walks, 143 strikeouts, 20 steals, and posted an outstanding performance of 0.304 slugging percentage, 0.654 OPS 1.066. His slugging percentage and OPS were career-high records, and he also hit 44 homers, just two shy of the 2021 season record (46). He was the No. 1 OPS player in the entire Major League and the No. 1 home run player in the American League. He also pitched in 23 games (23 starts), recording 10 wins, 5 losses and an earned run average of 3.14. He also had one shutout victory. While pitching 132 innings, he had 85 hits (11 homers), 50 runs (46 earned runs), 55 walks, 167 strikeouts, a hit rate of 0.184, and 1.08 WHIP (per-inning allowance).

And this 2024 season Ohtani became a batter. After undergoing elbow surgery in late August last year, Ohtani focused on hitting this season only. Moving to the Dodgers ahead of this season, Ohtani had his team's World Series championship and spent the best year of his career. He became the first player in the Major League to have 50 homers and 50 steals. Ohtani played in 159 games and posted a batting average of 0.310 (197 hits in 636 at-bats) with 54 homers, 38 doubles, seven triples, 130 RBIs and 134 runs, 162 strikeouts with 81 walks, and 59 steals (four failed attempts) with 0.390 on-base percentage, 0.646 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) with 1.066 on-base plus slugging percentage (on-base plus slugging percentage). He ranked second in home runs, RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS.

Ohtani is currently receiving various awards this season. He was the first to receive the Hank Aaron Award, which is given to the best hitter. The MLB Secretariat then officially announced the winners of the 2024 Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger, which is awarded to the best hitter in each position, and Ohtani was named the winner of the National League Designated Batter category. It was the third time Ohtani received the Silver Slugger award. Ohtani also won the Silver Slugger award in 2021 and 2023 when he was playing for the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani also won the Edgar Martinez Award, which is the best designated hitter. Ohtani has received the Edgar Martinez Award for the last four consecutive years. In addition, Ohtani was also selected as an MLB team that will select the best player in each position in the National League and the American League this season. Ohtani was named in the Designated Batter category. He also marked the peak of his career as the MVP of the day.

Meanwhile, in the American League, Aaron Judge was unanimously named the 안전놀이터 MVP of the American League. It is the second time that Judge has won the MVP award following the 2022 season. Judge failed to win the MVP award in the 2022 season, but he succeeded this time. Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals came in behind Judge with 30 votes for the second place. This is the second time that Judge became a unanimous MVP in both MLB leagues since last year's Ohtani and Ronald Acuña of the Atlanta Braves.

Judge displayed the best performance just like Ohtani. He hit 62 home runs in 2022, setting a new American League single season record. Judge displayed a batting average of 0.322 (559) in 158 games this season